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RICHARD PATTERSON
Warrant Officer 1 · U.S. Army
September 26, 1946 – March 22, 1967
Service recordRichard Patterson, of Pennsauken, New Jersey, served as a Warrant Officer 1 in the U.S. Army. He died on March 22, 1967, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 22 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 22
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Warrant Officer 1 (WO1)
- Service
- Reserve / National Guard
- Occupation
- Helicopter Pilot, Utility And Light Cargo Single Rotor (062B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 1 CAV DIV AIRMOBILE
- Born
- September 26, 1946
- Home of record
- Pennsauken, New Jersey (Camden County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- March 22, 1967
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Unknown
Context · from the records
What was happening
53 names on the Wall carry the date March 22, 1967; six of them were lost in Bình Định Province. In March 1967, 1,091 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), his unit in the record, lost 120 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 22
- JOHN ARTHUR MOTTSpecialist Four · March 22, 1967
- TIMOTHY XAVIER MURPHYSergeant · March 22, 1967
- WILLIAM JOSEPH OBRIENPrivate First Class · March 22, 1967
- STEVEN CRAIG PATTERSONLance Corporal · March 22, 1967
Same unit, same day
- KENNETH WAYNE BRENWALLSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 17
- ANDREW HORVATHSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 20
- CALVIN DWIGHT MABERRYPrivate First Class · Panel 17E, Line 21
- PAUL EUGENE REAMSergeant · Panel 17E, Line 23
- GEORGE BERNARD RUSNAKCaptain · Panel 17E, Line 24
From Pennsauken
- JAMES MICHAEL ESPOSITOCorporal · October 25, 1968
- JOHN EDWARD TIPTONSpecialist Four · March 1, 1969
- JOSEPH LEONARD HESSON IIIPrivate First Class · August 10, 1969
- THOMAS LEOPOLD BUSCH IIILance Corporal · August 21, 1969
- ANTHONY J PIERSANTI JRLieutenant (junior grade) · December 15, 1970
- THOMAS CRAIG MILLERPrivate First Class · February 1, 1971
- FRANK JOSEPH KOHLMYERStaff Sergeant · February 18, 1971
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.